Combination grass and wood fiber rug



DHL M 1934 c. E, sTElGER 1,984,045

COMBINATION GRASS AND WOOD FIBER RUG Filed Nov. 14, 1932 INVENTOR.

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Patented Dec. 11, 1934 COMBINATION GRASS AND Woon FIBER RUG v Carl E. Steiger, Oshkosh, Wis., assigner. to Deltox Rug Company, Oshkosh, Wis., a corporation of Wisconsin Application VNovember 14, 1932, Serial No. 642,491

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This invention relates to improvements in combination grass and wood liber rugs.

There are on the market certain types of woven rugs having grass weft strands and interlaced warpY Vstrands ofv a different material which in some instances has been wool o-r cotton yarn, and in other instances twisted paper twine, and the present invention has relation to that class of woven rugs wherein the weft strands are of grass and the warp strands are of a fibrous material. However, insofar as the present invention is concerned, a diiferent type of fibrous material is used in the warp than has heretofore been utilized in the art, and the warp material utilized lends unusual advantages to the finished product, and

furthermore, the manner in which the Warp strands are woven with respect to the weft and their mutual relationship gives to the rug an attractive appearance, protects the weft strands and prevents undesired shifting of the warp strands.

As a further object, the invention contemplates the incorporation in a Woven rug of grass weft strands and wood fiber warp strands whereby the grass weft serves as a relatively stiff and bulky body for the rug, and the liber warp strands, of a peculiar character, form the wearing surface of the rug and resist abrasive action and deterioration from moisture.

A further object of the invention is to provide a relatively inexpensive rug for porch and bath room use which will withstand exposure to water because of the material therein, and which, because of its relatively porous nature will not readily retain dirt and foreign material.

A further object of the invention is to provide a woven rug in which one set of strands are formed of yarn spun from alpha wood fiber, which yarn is durable, somewhat resilient, and is formed of smaller strands or threads which may be readily colored to give any desired coloring effects to the woven rug.

A further object of the invention is to provide a combination grass and wood fiber rug which is strong and has unusual wearing qualities, is neat and attractive in appearance, and is well adapted for'the purposes set forth.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of the improved combination grass and wood fiber rug, and its parts and combinations as set forth in the claims, and all equivalents thereof.

In the accompanying drawing in which the same reference characters indicate the same parts in all of the views:

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary plan view of a rug incorporating the features of the present invention; f Fg.;2 is a cross-sectional view taken through thegrass weft strands `and indicated on line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view at right angles to Fig. 2 and cutting through the fiber warp strands, said View being taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary detail view of a wood liber Warp strand.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, it will appear that the rug includes a plurality of weft strands 6, each of which is composed of a bunch of longitudinally extending wisps of a relatively stiff, but somewhat flexible grass. Each bunch or bundle of wisps is held together by a wrapping thread 7. All of the weft strands 6 are in parallel relationship and are spaced apart sufficiently to permit the weaving therethrough of warp strands 8.

A fragment of a warp strand 8 is shown in detail in Fig. 4, and each strand is composed of several twisted together plies, and the plies, in turn, are formed of a plurality of twisted together spun threads. The material of the warp strands is of the utmost importance and the same are a yarn which is spun from alpha liber derived from spruce wood, and the manner in which the yarn is spun protects it from deterioration by water. The yarn takes dyes or coloring material very readily, and in a strand the plies or threads thereof may be colored in any desired manner to give a pleasing effect to the finished rug. The warp strands, furthermore, have unusual tensile strength and resist abrasive action, are nonstretching, and have a desired loft and softness.

In a woven rug, as before mentioned, the grass weft strands are laid parallel and are somewhat spaced apart. Each warp strand is woven alternately over and under adjacent weft strands. Every alternate row of the warp is a single strand, as indicated by the numeral 9, and the other alternate rows of the warp are double strands in parallel relationship, as indicated at 10. However, the rows 10 pass under the weft strands 6 which are passed over by the rows 9 so that the adjacent rows 9 and 10 contact between weft strands whereby shifting of the rows or strands is prevented. Also, the relationship is such that the elevations 11 of the warp are in diagonally extending rows of alternately single and double thickness. The diameter of the weft strands 6 is somewhat greater than that of the single warp strands 8.

Due to the` arrangement of the Warp rows previously described, the elevations 11 form adjacent, non-shiftable rows of cushions which protect the grass weft strands against abrasion, although the uncovered portions of the weft strands are Visible and give an attractive appearance to the rug. Inasmuch as the rug is a combination of grass strands and processed wood ber yarn strands, the rug has the proper stiffness, and a ller is formed for the durable warp strands.

of the objections inherent to rugs either of all iber, or of all grass, are eliminated,andtthef` desirable qualities of grass' and wood vber yarn are combined. The rug also overcomes the objections formed in paper twine rugs: inasnfiuch.v as the Wood fiber yarn is more durable, 4will not.v

mat down as readily, and withstands to a better degree the action of water.

From .the foregoing description it will be `seen that. the improved combination grassand wood fiber rug is both simple and novel, and is well adapted for the purposes set forth.

The material used in the rug is such-"f that the rug may be exposedzto moistureandwill' not be affected thereby. In the improved rug al1-.1,

.1gleswarpr'rowsithereadjacent and being woven under the weft strands which are passed over by said single warp rows thereadjacent whereby the projecting portionsvoi the warp rows contact the Vprojecting portions-,of adjacent portions of adjacent warp rows in diagonally extending lines, theexposedfsurefaoe'iportions of the weft strands being in .planes inwardly of the projecting portions of the Warp strands so that said Warp strandslform Lthe wearing v.surfaces of thefrug, said warp strands-being formed of `non-stretrzhins valphti-ber yarn having lflasivelyY great-tensile ,'strengthrand abrasion resisting qualit-ies. n GARDE. -SIEIGrERu`Y 

